Changing Images of Law in Film & Television Crime Stories (Politics, Media & Popular Culture, V. 7.)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780820457925
Subjects: Film & Video - General; General; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Detective and mystery films; History and criticism; Justice, Administration of, in; Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures; Justice, Administration of, on; Justice, Administration of, on television; United States; Cinema/Film: Book
Description: "This book examines images of law in Hollywood films and television crime dramas to better understand this conservative revolution in thinking about crime. The crime stories depicted in popular legal fiction provide interesting as well as insightful perspectives on law in American society, particularly changing images of justice and its administration as well as individual rights."--BOOK JACKET.